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Asparagus ramosissimus Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Asparagus

Characteristics

Scandent, 1-2 m tall, evergreen perennial. Rhizome creeping, woody, scaly, ±20 mm in diameter, producing fusiform root tubers terminating in long thin roots. Stems green, angled, ridges minutely papillate. Branches and branch-lets spreading. Phylloclades usually 3-nate, linear, flat above, keeled below, 8-12 x 0.7 mm, apiculate, margin minutely papillate. Flowers solitary, similar to those of Protasparagus; stalk filiform, ±10 mm, articulated in lower half, pendulous. Tepals spreading, oblong-attenuate, ±3-4 mm, outer with a small callosity at base, white. Stamens with linear-acuminate filaments, anthers yellow or red, apiculate. Ovary ovoid, attenuated into a short style, stigmas with short, spreading, ciliate lobes; ovules ±15 cm each locule. Berry red or orange, 1-3-seeded. Flowering in summer.
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Scandent shrublet, up to 2 m high. Rhizome producing fusiform tubers terminating in thin roots. Stems green, angled, with minutely papillate ridges. Cladodes usually 3 per fascicle, linear, flat above, keeled below, apiculate, 8-12 x 0.7 mm. Flowers solitary, pendulous; tepals spreading; stamens with yellow or red anthers; pedicels ± 10 mm long, articulated in lower half. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Fruit a red berry.
Climber, up to 2 m high. Roots fusiform. Stems and branches angled. Spines absent. Cladodes in fascicles of 3, linear to filiform, laxly spreading, ± 1 mm wide, with a prominent midrib. Flowers: pendulous, solitary, anthers red; tepals spreading in upper half, white; Sep.-Feb. Fruit a globose berry, 1-3-seeded, red.
Scandent, evergreen, perennial herb. Stem, branches and branchlets angled. Phylloclades in fascicles of 3, linear to filiform, laxly spreading, ± 1 mm wide, with a prominent midrib. Anthers and berries red. Fusiform root tubers terminating in long thin roots. Flowers white.
Scandent shrublet, 1.0-2.2 m. Cladodes 3 in fascicles, linear, keeled. Flowers nodding, solitary in axils, tepals spreading, filaments straight.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses food material medicinal poison social use
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Colic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Asparagus ramosissimus world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531272-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634425
COL ID HBKC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447777
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Synonyms

Asparagus ramosissimus Myrsiphyllum ramosissimum Asparagus scandens var. deflexus
WorldFloraDB 2024